Yak Yarn

The April meeting of Mendocino Coast Handweavers, Wednesday April 28th will have special guests arrive at 11a.m.   Coralee Whitsetts will bring her yaks to meet and greet all members and interested public.  They will graze outside the Mendocino Art Center on the lawn so that we can learn about their fiber and  learn to comb.  […]

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Spindles & Flyers will host fiber artist Carin Engin

Spindles & Flyers March 28 meeting: Carin Engin will be the guest speaker 11:00 at the Fairmont Clubhouse, 715 Lexington Ave, El Cerrito Carin Engin is an award-winning fiber artist and workshop instructor who has been using her experimental, playful nature to explore felting and color seriously since 1992. She maintains a studio in Garberville, […]

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FIBER AND DYE EXHIBIT AT U.C. BOTANICAL GARDEN

Golden Gate Weavers’ Guild is doing a weaving demonstration in connection with the above exhibit. There will be two classes Saturday April 3 from 1- 2 and from 2:30 – 3:30.

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March 22, Fieldtrip to UC Botanical Garden.

Golden Gate Weavers’ Guild is having a fieldtrip to U.C. Botanical Garden March 22 at 10 am. We will be given a docent-led tour of the garden and then go to view the Fiber and Dye Exhibit at the Garden.

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Black Sheep Handweavers Guild March Meeting

Warp and Weft Painting Blacksheep member Ulla de Larios will be sharing her “exploration in cloth” with us.  Initially, her teen-age experiences with Flemish Tapestry set her on a course to find another way to create images on cloth.  Trying different techniques she settled on Warp and Weft Painting as the ultimate process for creating […]

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Mark you calendar for March 15

Please join us on Monday evening, March 15, 7 pm.  We are the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild and have Stacy Speyer as our guest speaker!  Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery,  30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA. Stacy Speyer will be giving a presentation on her woven art work, dyeing process, and current explorations.  Since 1996, she […]

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Pine Needle Basket Workshop

Mt. Lassen Guild is having a pine needle basket workshop this weekend, March 6th from 11-3 and March 20th from 11-3, at the home of Johnica Love in Cohasset, a small community north of Chico. The teacher is Dee Malone. She has over 30 years experience with basket weaving and wire wrapping.

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Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting, March 10, 2010

Suki Russack, an accomplished musician, began weaving in 2002 while a graduate student at San Francisco State College. It wasn’t until 2006 that she found her voice as a textile artist. At that time, she began to explore the female form as a vehicle for her own spiritual growth. She considers her work to be […]

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February Meeting Mendocino Handweavers

The February meeting of MCHG will be a hands on workshop.  Rita Mahoney will demonstrate the ancient art of Shisha Embroidery (commonly known as mirror embroidery.)  Rita will bring a little kit (mirror, embroidery thread, cotton fabric) for each person and will have additional supplies available at a minimal cost.  This workshop begins at 11am, […]

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Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild Open House

The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners  Guild will hold their 2010 Annual Open House, “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” on Saturday & Sunday, February 13-14 at the Shepherd Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA.  from 10:00-4:00. Free to public. We will have displays of items made by members, demonstrations, hands-on, sale of member created items and drawing […]

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